Fuck, Garvey is as tough as they come for a little bloke. Handled everything they threw at him comfortably. Lichaa might not have a spot when he's recovered if the bloke keeps doing that! Tried a bit too hard on occasion with ball in hand but it didn't cost them and shows he's got some attack in him.

@leaguegod wrote:i'd like to go through the footage and see how many people have touched the ref since thaiday got done for it 3 years ago, seen guys like smith, ennis and lyon touch them a few times with no charge.

i get you can't touch them and klemmer broke that but he wasn't being aggressive and they are never consistent with this charge.

be watching it pretty closely the rest of the year, almost guaranteed that some will do it and not be charged

IF they can find enough examples is there a chance they try and fight the charge. Personally I think it's clear cut if you touch the ref other than a handshake it should be a week, however if they can find precedents of people not being charged he must be a chance of getting off.

I'm not sure what the grades are for that, but from memory Thaiday only got suspended as he had carry-over. I also think what Thaiday did yanking his shirt saying "he pulled me back like this" is worse than tapping the ref and saying "excuse me ref..."

Either way, it's a pretty dumb thing to do. Sure you might not get charged, but you shouldn't even give them the chance to given how inconsistent the MRP can be.

Seeing Soward barrel into the ref last night (together with Carney doing it a few years ago) and then remembering JT got charged with it before origin a couple of years back makes you realise how inconsistent the MRP can be with respect to touching the ref.

yeah klemmer is only missing because of loading, i think he only has himself to blame, the footage shows absolutely no malice and if cummins didn't walk towards him he may not have even touched him but you can't argue he didn't touch him, he did

its just such inconsistent charge and i honestly feel if it was moses mbye or josh morris brushing the refs shoulder, they would have been charge free